Patrick's First Titans Game

Patrick went to his first Titans game this weekend and he loved it! We figured it would be best to take him to a pre-season game since it is not as crowded. The fireworks scared him a little, but other than that he loved all the action!

Too distracted by everything going on to look at the camera

The boys

Can't seem to get a family picture without Patrick's hand in his mouth

Laughing at my daddy as we are leaving the Titans game

Hanging out with Grumps and Nana at Bobby's Dairy Dip after the game

The Lake

Patrick took his first road trip this weekend to the lake in Knoxville. I was a little worried about it since he hates the car, but he did great! He slept most of the way. When he wasn't sleeping we had to dance, sing and make funny faces at him so he forgot he was in the car. Otherwise he is crying his little heart out!

First road trip

Playing at the lake

Hanging inside with Aunt Megan until the sun goes down

and Nana

Playing on the dock with Dad

How pretty is this view?

The Dock

Brunch with Aunt Denton on our way home from the lake. We finally got to see her loft!

Patrick's First Week of "School"

Last week was Patrick's first week of daycare and my first week of work. It was a big adjustment for Patrick and myself! Patrick barely ate anything his first week at Margaret's, which made it very stressful for me! Although this week he has been doing great and eating a lot!

On the way to Margaret's house for his first day of school

Michael was sweet and sent me flowers my first day back which made my day a little brighter!

Patrick is the youngest little one in daycare. All of the other kids are a good bit older and I think he really likes watching all of them play! The other morning I dropped Patrick off and one of the little girls who is around 18 months ran over and started yelling "get him out, get him out!" At first I was afraid she didn't like him, but Margaret said that the little girl likes to play with Patrick and was asking me to get him out of his car seat so she could play with him. The next day I picked him up and one of the little boys kissed him goodbye. So cute!

Margaret provides a little progress sheet about what he does all day. I have noticed that he takes 3 full naps at her house each at least an hour long. I was so surprised at how much he sleeps for her! I had heard that a lot of children change their sleep pattern when they go to daycare so that they sleep a lot during the day and can stay up with their parents at night. Patrick seems to be on this schedule. Although its very flattering that he wants to stay up all night and play with Michael and I, its quite exhausting! It's only been 2 weeks, but I feel like I haven't slept in years! Hopefully we can get him back on a regular schedule with not so many day naps!

He has also developed a little cough that keeps him up at night. I assumed he would be sick his first few months at daycare, but its still hard to watch him be sick. I'm sure it will get better as his immune system builds up though!

Rice Cereal

Patrick tried out rice cereal for the first time and it was so funny and such a mess!

Ready for my rice cereal Mom and Dad

That stuff sure does look funny

First bite

I want to do it myself dad

I'm not so sure about this

Let's play instead dad

This is so messy mom

But I love this spoon!!

I'm not sure if I like it or not...

I think i'll try one more bite

I think I could get used to this stuff

All done...i'm worn out!

On the move (sort of!)

Patrick has been a busy little guy this week! He learned how to roll over and he is also trying to crawl, but its more like scooting. He gets a frustrated with himself because he can't get there as fast as he would like. I'm sure he will be crawling around before we know it!

Patrick had a swim date this week with a little girl that is a couple months younger. He took a little nap by the pool while she swam

How funny is this picture!?

The whole group

After he woke up from his nap, they played a little and he loved her! It was adorable. He was wiggling with excitement and smiling and reaching for her...what a little flirt! Below are a couple of pictures of them.

Rolling Over

Patrick is rolling over from his back to his tummy! I'm so glad he reached this milestone before I go back to work. He hasn't totally mastered it yet, but it's so fun to watch his little brain work! He stares at his feet for a few minutes, then hoists his legs up to his chest to roll on his side. Half the time he gets stuck on his side, but the times he makes it all the way over you can just see how proud of himself he is! That is, until he realizes he can't get from his tummy to his back without mom's help!

Below is a video of him rolling over. Ignore my extremely loud voice in the background at the end. He will only roll over if he thinks I am not watching him, so I am videotaping from the opposite corner of the room.

I am just in love with this video below! I happened to catch Michael and Patrick playing. I think Patrick would be entertained with this game for hours! So precious!

Trying out his footed pajamas. He loves any kind of pajamas that look like animals on his feet.

This is also my last week at home with my little boy :( I've been trying to prepare myself for work next week, because I know it is going to be really difficult! I was talking to a friend of ours that recently went back to work and she said that for her the hardest thing was realizing that no one is going to take better care of your child than you would. That has really resonated with me recently. I know Patrick will be well taken care of, but he isn't going to get the 24 hour one on one attention that I normally give him. Getting over that hurdle has been really challenging for me! Hopefully it will get better each week as I see how much fun he is having at Margaret's house!

Patrick- 4 Months

Patrick is 4 months old! He is getting so big!

We had our doctor's appointment today and he weighs 13 pounds, 6 ounces (25%), is 25 1/2 inches long (60%) and his head circumference is 15%. His weight is the same percentile as his last doctor's appointment, but he his climbing in length! We can start rice cereal now, so i'm sure there will be some funny pictures coming in the future!

Some little tidbits about Patrick at 4 months...

He is a sporadic sleeper. One night he will sleep 8 hours straight and the next night he will sleep in 3 hour increments. I am dreading those nights when I am back at work and he is waking up every 3 hours! Lately, he has decided that he wants to wake up at 1 or 2 am and giggle in his crib. No idea what he is giggling about but it is so funny! I normally end up going in there just because I love his little face when he sees me.

We have a SIDS monitor under Patrick's mattress and it went off the other night around 3 am. The monitor sounds an alarm if it doesn't detect him breathing for 20 seconds, which if you think about it is a long time! I freaked out and ran in Patrick's room. Sure enough Patrick was stretching and holding his breath. Glad to know it works but hope he doesn't do that again!

He also loves practicing to stand while we are holding him. Its really the only thing he wants to do all day. He thinks its so funny to stomp his feet. He still hates tummy time and riding in the car. He loves bath time and when I sing him to sleep. He is a little bit bashful. In the morning we sit with Michael while he is getting ready and Michael will smile or make a funny face at Patrick. Patrick giggles and quickly buries his head on me and then slowly peeks back up to see if Michael is still looking at him. It's adorable! He is just such a sweet baby!

Below are some pictures from the last week:

Grumps birthday dinner

Hanging with Uncle Mark

Sleeping with Nana. This is his favorite sleeping position. He always has a hand above his head or propped up on his cheek :)

Playing with Great Grandma Mulloy

We did lots of swimming this past weekend, since the water in our pool is warm. I'm so glad he likes the water! Most of the pictures are a little hazy from the humidity, but below are a few.

Patrick loves "jumping in" the pool with dad. He gets a surprised look on his face every time

So funny when dad blows bubbles in the water

Chilling with dad in the pool. Look at those cheeks! I swear they are getting bigger by the minute!